The Portland daily press., 1887-09-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

the Civil War have just been published
The former contains the story Of the battle
OF Wilson's Creek and the death of Gen.
Lyon; Arkansas Troops in the Battle of
Wilson's Creek, by Gen. Sigel The Flank
ing Column at Wilson's Creek, by Franz Sigel,
Major General. U. S. "; The Siege of Lex
ington, Mo-, by Col. James IA Mulligan;
The Pea Ridge Campaign. by Gen. Sigel;
Recollections of Foote and the Gunboats, by
Capt. James b. Eads; Gen. Polk and the
Battle of Belmont, by DR.. Polk, son of the
General; The Gunboats at Belmont and Fort
Henry, by Rear Admiral Wake; The De-
Tense of Fort Henry, by Capt Jesse Taylor,
G. s. A.; Holding Kentucky for the Union,
by Col. X. NJ. Kelly. Except the articles by
Col. Mulligan, Capt. Eads and Admiral
Wake, none of the material of this part has
before appeared There are sixty-two illus
trations in this number, principally portraits
of distinguished officers, AZ of which are
printe for the first time The contents of
No. of this series are Holding Kentucky
for the Union Continued; The Opposip<
Forces at Logan's Cross RasaS--fYs~.W Ne
p"" % Snu a.ss Eastern Kentucky, by
ard o. Guerrent: The Capture of
Fort Donelson, by Gen. Lew Wallace; The
Opposing Forces at Fort Donelson, The
Western Flotlla at Fort Donelson, Island
Number Ten. Fort Pillow, andlMemphis, by
Rear Admiral Henry Wake; Elliot and His
Steam-Rams at Memphis, by Gen. Alfred
w. Elliot; Saving Out the Channel Above
Island No. Ten, by Col. ]. w. Bissell; Com
ment on Col. Bisselrs Paper, by Gen. Schuy-
Ter Hamilton; The Opposing Forces at New
Madrid Qsland No. Ten), Fort Pillow and
Memphis The Battle of Shiloh, by Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant. Three of the papers,
those of Col. Kelly, Mr.. Guerrent and Gen.
Elliot, are entirely new. The number con-
tains 66 cuts, twenty-five of which are NEW.
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